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bullgoose · 08-23-2003, 04:00 AM

At the risk of getting flamed into oblivion, try any version of Linux (personal preference: Debian). First off, it's likely you won't have the type of problem that caused you to have to re-format. Secondly, when you setup your partitions at installation, you can arrange hem so , even if you have to re-install, you won't have to format the whole drive, just he Root patition; if the files you want to save aren't on the Root partition, you just mount the partition they ARE on when you're re-install is done. Also, if you have an H.D failure, you really SHOULD have backed up to CD-R, because it doesn't matter which OS you've got, a dead drive is a dead drive.

08-23-2003, 04:00 AM	#36 (permalink)
bullgoose Insane Location: Central N.Y.	At the risk of getting flamed into oblivion, try any version of Linux (personal preference: Debian). First off, it's likely you won't have the type of problem that caused you to have to re-format. Secondly, when you setup your partitions at installation, you can arrange hem so , even if you have to re-install, you won't have to format the whole drive, just he Root patition; if the files you want to save aren't on the Root partition, you just mount the partition they ARE on when you're re-install is done. Also, if you have an H.D failure, you really SHOULD have backed up to CD-R, because it doesn't matter which OS you've got, a dead drive is a dead drive. __________________ "If I had it to do all over, I'd do it all over you."